BRITISH SONG COMPOSERS

Song has held a special position in the history of music from the British Isles since the earliest times. This part of the site explores several aspects of British song, from a brief history of British song, through biographies of 20^th Century and contemporary British song composers to William Coleman's own British song repertoire.

In this section:

• A Brief History of British Song
  
  
• 20th Century Composers
  
  
  • Lennox Berkeley
    
    
  • Rebecca Clarke
    
    
  • Gerald Finzi
    
    
  • Kenneth Leighton
    
    
  • Mary Plumstead
    
    
  • Francis George (F.G.) Scott
    
    
• Contemporary Composers
  
  
  • Robin Holloway
    
    
  • John Jeffreys
    
    
  • Claire Liddell
    
    
  • Edward Rushton
    
    
  • Ronald Stevenson
    
    
• Recital Programmes